IF you are a fiction writer, especially of genre fiction, and
IF you would like to work with a professional editor who eschews the use of AI for writing or editing, and
IF you have a final draft sitting somewhere, that's been read by your trusted team of beta readers (you do have beta readers, don't you?), whether it's a short story or a 150K-word novel,
THEN
I might be the editor you're looking for. My specialties are SF/F, historical, horror, thriller, action/adventure, and weird (think William Hope Hodgson, Lovecraft, Blackwood, etc.). It's horror but not pure. It's . . . weird.
Yes, I'm mostly retired, but I'm not gone. I'd love to work with the right client! I've edited for clients around the world, so no worries if you're not in the US (I envy you, these days).
Book cover of the Irish historical fiction novel A Perfect Solution by Lorna Peel, book ten in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series, a family saga set in 19th-century Ireland. The cover features a late 19th century profile portrait of a woman with red curled hair, wearing a black lace dress, pearl necklace, and jewelled choker, set against a cloudy background.
mybook.to/WalesRising The Luddite rebellion against mill owners in Yorkshire, the Merthyr rising for a living wage against the ironmasters, and the Rebecca riots, the battle against crippling tolls on the roads of rural Wales. #historicalfiction
Love box sets? 3 for the price of 2. Stories to stir the blood. Revolution, murder, exile, adventure, women's rights, romance. mybook.to/WalesRisingboxset mybook.to/FTCGboxset mybook.to/Chainmakersboxset #historicalfiction 'Outstanding storyteller - characters that leap from the page and into your heart.' #Kindle
As an author and artist, I'm a small business trying to be seen and heard in the loud and crowded marketplace. Each week, I share one of my creations - maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Up this week: The Last Priestess of Malia, a historical novel set in ancient Crete.
A paperback copy of The Last Priestess of Malia by Laura Perry stands upright in front of an orange-yellow gradient background. The book cover is blue with artwork of an ancient Minoan priestess standing in front of a temple. The book is surrounded by snippets of text that connect to the book by arrows. The text reads, "Ancient Minoans, Historical Fiction, Matriarchal Culture, Pagan Rituals, Powerful Priestesses, Culture Clash, Sorry, No Happy Ending (You've Been Warned)."
Today in Labor History October 19, 1944: A coup was launched against dictator Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution, which led to the rise of democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz, and the only years that representative democracy existed in Guatemala from 1930 until the end of the civil war in 1996. Arbenz won the presidency in 1950, promising to transform the nation from a feudal economy into a modern, capitalist state. He led the implementation of social, political and agrarian reforms that were influential across Latin America. However, the reform that most angered the wealthy elite, and the leaders of United Fruit, were his agrarian reform policies, including the immediate transfer of all uncultivated land from large landowners to their poverty-stricken laborers.
United Fruit was the largest corporation operating in Guatemala. They controlled vast territories and transportation networks throughout Central America, Colombia, and the West Indies, and maintained a virtual monopoly in the so-called banana republics of Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala. At the bequest of United Fruit, CIA-director Allan Dulles, who was also a board member of United Fruit, orchestrated a coup that overthrew Arbenz in 1954, leading to decades of genocide against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala, as well as the torture and murder of thousands of Communists, Socialists, labor leaders, clergy and activists. In the 1980s, United Fruit officially became Chiquita. Their violence and corruption were described in the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Thomas Pynchon, O. Henry, and Pablo Neruda.
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel. The tagline reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets…" followed by "Discover Lorna Peel’s gritty family saga set in 19th-century Ireland." The image displays ten book covers in two rows. The titles are:
Top row (left to right):
1. A Scarlet Woman
2. A Suitable Wife
3. A Discarded Son
4. A Forlorn Hope
5. A Cruel Mischief
Bottom row (left to right):
6. A Hidden Motive
7. A Minor Detail
8. A Pleasant Distraction
9. A Stark Prediction
10. A Perfect Solution
Each cover features characters in late 19th-century clothing, and 19th-century Dublin photographs.
Okay since the Fedi guppy groups are gone and the new groups are still very small, I'm doing a new #introduction
I'm Mar, a future SFF and #historicalfiction indie author who reads Arabic, Chinese, English and French. I post a lot about #medieval#history and the books that I'm writing.
I also have a blog that I sometimes post on for longer historical musings.
A promotional image for the historical romance novel "Brotherly Love" by Lorna Peel. It features a romantic background image of a couple close together, evoking intimacy and emotional tension. The text highlights the central conflict of the story:
"Can Caitriona and Michael’s love survive when it is opposed by the warring families in their small Irish village?"
The novel is “A Discovered Diamond” and it is available through Kindle Unlimited, as indicated at the bottom with the Kindle Unlimited logo, and there are images of the book cover on a tablet, smartphone, and paperback.
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel. The tagline reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets…" followed by "Discover Lorna Peel’s gritty family saga set in 19th-century Ireland." The image displays nine book covers in two rows. The titles are:
Top row (left to right):
1. A Scarlet Woman
2. A Suitable Wife
3. A Discarded Son
4. A Forlorn Hope
5. A Cruel Mischief
Bottom row (left to right):
6. A Hidden Motive
7. A Minor Detail
8. A Pleasant Distraction
9. A Stark Prediction
Each cover features characters in late 19th-century clothing, and historical Dublin photographs, evoking a 19th-century Irish setting.
Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born #OTD, 25 Aug, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of historical fiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those fateful words:
“The literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground”
All The Writers You Love Probably Love Dorothy Dunnett
Max Gladstone jokes, “Dunnett probably made me insufferable for a year or two, but she helped me find my voice”; Ellen Kushner calls the novels “the Dorothy Dunnett Six-Book Writers’ Academy”
Historian Yvonne Seale on the women of the LYMOND CHRONICLES:
“some of the most compelling women characters you’re likely to find in print … after several years spent studying the history of women in pre-modern Europe […] I better understand just how much Dunnett’s female characters have both feet firmly planted in a sixteenth-century world”
Musical Diplomacy on the Global Stage: Dallam's Organ & Lymond's Spinet
The Dorothy Dunnett Society lecture 2024
Dr Jennifer L Wood compares the historical Thomas Dallam presenting a self-playing organ to the Ottoman Sultan, with Lymond taking the horological Spinet there in Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles 4)
A DELIGHTFUL 20s MYSTERY with a gorgeous Italian setting and a memorable pair of sleuths: an irascible, aristocratic detective and his bookish grandson. Captures the tone of Golden Age whodunnits with great charm. B PLUS
Kate Sheridan leaves Ireland for London seeking freedom and work. But war looms and danger lurks. She meets Charlie Butler, a dashing pilot who charms her, but can she trust him? Will their love survive their families' objections and the trials of war?
Promotional image for the WWII historical romance novel Into The Unknown by Lorna Peel. The background features a dramatic sky with World War Two fighter planes flying overhead and another WW2 plane in the foreground. Overlay text reads, “Can love survive war?” and “Out Now”. The book cover is shown on a tablet, featuring a photograph of a dark-haired man in a suit and tie and a woman with dark hair beside him. The book is available in Kindle, Paperback, and Kindle Unlimited formats.
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" - a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES INTERTWINE, connecting 1908’s rural Mexico with the “witch country” of Massachusetts in 1934 and 1998, in this gorgeously written, intricately plotted horror tale of desire, rapacity, and survival. A MINUS
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel. The tagline reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets…" The image displays nine book covers in two rows. The titles are:
Top row (left to right):
1. A Scarlet Woman
2. A Suitable Wife
3. A Discarded Son
4. A Forlorn Hope
5. A Cruel Mischief
Bottom row (left to right):
6. A Hidden Motive
7. A Minor Detail
8. A Pleasant Distraction
9. A Stark Prediction
Each cover features characters in late 19th-century clothing, and historical Dublin photographs, evoking a 19th-century Irish setting
Promotional image for "The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series" - a historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers. Background includes a grayscale photo of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.
"Isola" by Allegra Goodman. My rating:3 out of 5 stars. Read from: 07/27/2025 - 07/30/2025. Hardcover, 346 pages.
Book description: “Isola” by Allegra Goodman is a historical novel inspired by the true story of Marguerite de la Rocque, a 16th-century French noblewoman who is marooned on a remote island after her guardian, driven by greed and suspicion, punishes her for a forbidden romance.
Stripped of her inheritance and left to survive the brutal elements with her lover and devoted nurse, Marguerite must rely on her faith and inner strength to endure isolation, hardship, and loss. The story explores themes of resilience, love, and defiance against adversity, as Marguerite transforms from a privileged heir to a woman fighting for survival in a harsh new world.
The image is a book cover showing a dramatic coastal cliff with a person standing at the edge, looking out over a vast, sunlit ocean. The sky is hazy, blending softly with the horizon. The title "ISOLA" is written vertically in large, light blue letters down the center of the cover. Above the title, it says "BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAM," and below, the author's name "ALLEGRA GOODMAN" is displayed in white capital letters. The overall mood is contemplative and atmospheric.
The ocean mist that was drifting in was #pleasant after the night's muggy warmth. The beach had been fairly straight until this point, but with the limited visibility, we almost fell into what I guessed was an inlet to a lagoon. Soggy, burnt wood was mixed with the sand, and its faint odor perfumed the air. We still hadn’t seen Amelia, and I was more convinced than ever that I knew where we were. It was the #worst option, the one place I’d prayed we wouldn’t find ourselves.
“I think I hear something,” Emily said, pointing inland.
When I listened, I thought I heard crying, but it could have been the wind. “That way is as good as any,” I said.
The sound faded as we walked along the beach. No matter how hard I listened, all I could hear was the wind, the surf, and the scuttling of crabs, some of which were as big as a cat or small dog.
The memory of a pretty papillon named "Rindy" floated up into my consciousness, and I wondered if he had been mine.
“There it is again,” Emily said.
This time, I could plainly hear a woman weeping. The sound came from in front of us, off to the right.
“Amelia, Amelia Earhart!” I yelled, and the weeping stopped.
“There’s a path,” Emily said, pointing to a rough trail leading inland through the trees.
“I’m here! Thank God at last,” came a shout from the direction the path led.
We followed the voice and soon found a clearing. In the center were the ashes of a fire, scattered coconut, and crab shells. The scent of the jungle and sea mingled with the sour-sweet stench of death. On the far side of the fire lay a rotting corpse. Crabs that had nearly picked the skeleton clean scurried away from our light. The word “#gross” almost escaped my lips.
Just beyond stood a woman dressed in aviator clothes. We had found Amelia Earhart.